Hi, Le 27/07/2024, David Wright <de b...@lionunicorn.co.uk> a écrit:
> > I never found an official documentation about "su -p", just found it > > myself, > > but I read, "su -" shall do the same. It does not. > When you write something like this, can you accompany it with a > reference? The essential package util-linux's man page seems to > contradict whatever it was you found and read: AFAIUI, Hans essentially meant that 'su -p' allows him to start graphical programs as root inside an X session running as another user, and that 'su -' doesn't “do the same” (i.e., it doesn't allow starting graphical programs as root inside an X session running as another user). Which I am inclined to believe, although I'm reluctant to try 'su -p' for fear of creating a mess in my normal user setup: ~ % su -p Password: zsh compinit: insecure directories and files, run compaudit for list. Ignore insecure directories and files and continue [y] or abort compinit [n]? ^C Regards -- Florent
